Is platinum effectively the same as green? Sent from my iPad
On 26 Jul 2012, at 14:12, "Beall, Jeffrey" <[email protected]> wrote: > I make the distinction between gold open-access and platinum open-access. > > Author fees + free to reader = gold open access > No author fees + free to reader = platinum open access > > This discussion, I think, demonstrates that this distinction is significant > and worthy of a separate appellation. > > > Jeffrey Beall, Metadata Librarian / Associate Professor > Auraria Library > University of Colorado Denver > 1100 Lawrence St. > Denver, Colo. 80204 USA > (303) 556-5936 > [email protected] > > -----Original Message----- > From: [email protected] [mailto:[email protected]] On Behalf Of > Reckling, Falk, Dr. > Sent: Thursday, July 26, 2012 4:53 AM > To: Global Open Access List (Successor of AmSci) > Subject: [GOAL] Re: Hat Tip: Let's not leave Humanities behind in the dash > for open access > > > I think there is still a misunderstanding with Gold OA. Running a OA journal > does not necesserily mean to charges article fees! > > Take Economics as an example: meanwhile there are some good OA journals, most > of them are new but with very prominent advisory boards (which is a good > predictor of being successful in the long run) > > a) E-conomics (institutional funding): > http://www.economics-ejournal.org/ > > b) Theoretical Economics (society based funding): http://econtheory.org/ > > c) 5x IZA journals published with SpringerOpen (institutional funding): > http://journals.iza.org/ > > d) Journal of Economic Perspective (a former subscription journal but now > society based funding): > http://www.aeaweb.org/jep/index.php > > All of them are without APCs, and that model also works in many other fields. > > What is needed is a very good editorial board and a basic funding by an > institution/society, or by a consortium of institutions or by a charity or ... > > Or why not considering a megajournal in the Humanities and apply a clever > business model as PEERJ tries it right now in the Life Science?: > http://peerj.com/ > > In the end, it is up to the community to develop models which fit their needs > ... > > Best Falk > > > > > Am 26.07.2012 um 12:09 schrieb "[email protected]" <[email protected]>: > >> The question isn't whether they're free or not, but whether they play >> major roles as venues and outlets for important Humanities >> scholarship. And also it's still the case that traditional print >> journals involve long print cues and delays in publication. And also >> it's the case that university libraries paying ridiculous subscription >> charges for journals in the Sciences have less funding for monographs >> (still the gold standard in Humanities), and even put pressure on >> Humanities to cut their journals. >> Finally, there is the concern that the current move to "gold OA" with >> pages charges, etc., will adversely affect Humanities scholars. >> So, please, no snap and simple replies. Let's engage the problems. >> Larry Hurtado >> >> Quoting Jan Szczepanski <[email protected]> on Wed, 25 Jul >> 2012 22:53:06 +0200: >> >>> Is more than sixteen thousand free e-journals in the humanities and >>> social sciences of any importance in this discussion? >>> >>> http://www.scribd.com/Jan%20Szczepanski >>> >>> Jan >>> >>> >>> >>> 2012/7/25 <[email protected]>: >>>> Webster concisely articulates the concerns that I briefly mooted a >>>> few days ago. >>>> Larry Hurtado >>>> >>>> Quoting Omega Alpha Open Access <[email protected]> on Wed, 25 >>>> Jul 2012 11:03:30 -0400: >>>> >>>>> Hat Tip: Let's not leave Humanities behind in the dash for open >>>>> access http://wp.me/p20y83-no >>>>> >>>>> Nice article this morning by Peter Webster on the Research >>>>> Fortnight website entitled "Humanities left behind in the dash for >>>>> open access." >>>>> <http://www.researchresearch.com/index.php?option=com_news&template >>>>> =rr_2col&view=article&articleId=1214091> Check it out. >>>>> >>>>> Webster observes that much of the current conversation around the >>>>> growth of open access focuses on the sciences and use of an >>>>> "author-pays" business model. He feels inadequate attention in the >>>>> conversation has been given to the unique needs of humanities >>>>> scholarship, and why it may be harder for humanist scholars to >>>>> embrace open access based on the "author-pays" model. >>>>> >>>>> "There is no Public Library of History to match the phenomenally >>>>> successful Public Library of Science." >>>>> . >>>>> >>>>> Your comments are welcome. >>>>> >>>>> Gary F. Daught >>>>> Omega Alpha | Open Access >>>>> Advocate for open access academic publishing in religion and >>>>> theology http://oaopenaccess.wordpress.com oa.openaccess @ >>>>> gmail.com | @OAopenaccess >>>>> >>>>> >>>>> _______________________________________________ >>>>> GOAL mailing list >>>>> [email protected] >>>>> http://mailman.ecs.soton.ac.uk/mailman/listinfo/goal >>>>> >>>>> >>>> >>>> >>>> >>>> L. W. Hurtado, PhD, FRSE >>>> Emeritus Professor of New Testament Language, Literature & Theology >>>> Honorary Professorial Fellow New College (School of Divinity) >>>> University of Edinburgh Mound Place Edinburgh, UK. EH1 2LX Office >>>> Phone: (0)131 650 8920. FAX: (0)131 650 7952 www.ed.ac.uk/divinity >>>> >>>> -- >>>> The University of Edinburgh is a charitable body, registered in >>>> Scotland, with registration number SC005336. >>>> >>>> >>>> >>>> _______________________________________________ >>>> GOAL mailing list >>>> [email protected] >>>> http://mailman.ecs.soton.ac.uk/mailman/listinfo/goal >>> >>> >>> >>> -- >>> Jan Szczepański >>> F.d Förste bibliotekare och chef för f.d Avdelningen för humaniora >>> vid Göteborgs universitetsbibliotek >>> E-post: [email protected] >>> >>> _______________________________________________ >>> GOAL mailing list >>> [email protected] >>> http://mailman.ecs.soton.ac.uk/mailman/listinfo/goal >>> >> >> >> >> L. W. 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